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TIFFANY HOLMES>INTRODUCTION TO LINGO

EVENTS>Examples

on exitframe on mousewithin on mouseleave
on mouseup on mouseenter on mousedown

SPRITE PROPERTIES>Examples>loc, loch, locv, width, height, rotation, member, membernum, color, blend, etc.

Examples:
sprite(2).loc=point(0,0) –(sprite in channel 2 located at top left of stage)
sprite(2).blend=30 --(sprite in channel 2 at 30% opacity)

SPECIAL QUICKTIME PROPERTIES:

sprite(1).movierate=-1 --plays QT backward
sprite(1).movierate=1 -- plays QT at normal rate 30 fps
sprite(1).movierate=1+.01 --increases the speed of QT playback by a fp number
sprite(1).movierate=2 -- plays QT 2x normal speed

COMMANDS

go next --go to the next marker AND go previous --go to the previous marker
go to the frame –loop playback head in same frame
alert “you are an idiot” --puts alert box with text on screen
puppetSound “firegun” –play sound in internal cast called firegun

CONDITIONALS>Basic structure

if –something is true—then
DO SOMETHING—execute lingo command
end if

Example:

If sprite(2).blend > 90 then
sprite(2).blend=0
end if

VARIABLES: LOCAL VS. GLOBAL

A “placeholder” that holds a numeric or string value. Example: x=4
If you want a variable to be in memory for the duration of the movie it has to be a global variable.

Example:
Global gxchange
gxchange=0

Advanced topics to be covered later: LISTS/ARRAY and REPEAT LOOPS